Upgrade tar in HMI BSC

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tar needs to be upgraded in order to upgrade Node.js

1) Make a new directory at root and cd to it

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root@hmibsc:~# mkdir tar
root@hmibsc:~# cd tar
root@hmibsc:~/tar#

2) Browse to http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/ and choose the latest version. At the console, type wget to download the version you want (download the xz file).

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root@hmibsc:~/tar# curl -JLO ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/tar-1.31.tar.xz

3) Extract the file:

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tar -xf tar-1.31.tar.xz

4) CD to the new directory

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root@hmibsc:~/tar# cd tar-1.31

5) Type in the following:

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root@hmibsc:~/tar/tar-1.31# export FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1

6) Type in the following:

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root@hmibsc:~/tar/tar-1.31# ./configure

7) Type in the following:

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root@hmibsc:~/tar/tar-1.31# make

8) Type in the following:

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root@hmibsc:~/tar/tar-1.31# make install

Reboot into your shiny new tar!